The trades are reporting that Aaron Eckhart is in negotiations to join Johnny Depp in the forthcoming drama Rum Diary; Richard Jenkins has already signed on to the cast.
Being adapted from Hunter S. Thompson’s novel, the story follows a washed-up journalist named Paul Kemp in 1950s Puerto Rico.
Eckhart is set to play Sanderson, a wealthy landowner who believes everything has a price. He introduces Kemp to a different standard of living, but the pair are soon caught up in a love triangle with a beautiful young woman played by Amber Heard.
It has been adapted by Bruce Robinson, who is also directing. Filming begins next month on location in Puerto Rico.
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Amber Heard has beaten out the likes of Scarlet Johansson and Keira Knightley to star opposite Johnny Depp in The Rum Diary, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The film will be an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel, following a washed-up, hard-drinking journalist named Paul Kemp in 1950s Puerto Rico. Heard will play Chenault, the free-spirited girlfriend of a fellow journalist who cheats on him with Kemp, trying to convince him to run away with her.
It has been written by Bruce Robinson, who is also directing. The film is being produced by Depp himself, along with Christi Dembrowski and Graham King.
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Posted on Jan 14, 2009 under Actors |
From The Bad and the Ugly comes word that Johnny Depp’s next project just might the adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s The Rum Diary.
This comes from a casting announcement, which lists a March 2009 start date for filming. Depp will play Paul Kemp, a freelance journalist writing for a rundown newspaper in 1950s Puerto Rico, surrounded by a bunch of lost souls bent on self destruction.
Bruce Robinson has penned and will direct the feature.
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